First Appearance

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Appearance

May is a young girl with light tan skin, dusky rose hair and gray-blue eyes.

She wears a red and white jacket over a white shirt with blue tracksuit pants and a distinctive black beanie that covers her left eye. She also wears a large black scarf and red canvas sneakers.

Powers and Abilities

She appears to be integral to the tactics of her team, forcing enemies to seek cover and retreat as her teammates give chase. She also interferes and distracts enemies when her teammates enter into close-quarters combat.

She is highly adept at maneuvering into high locations to gain a better firing position, using her rifle as a climbing axe for leverage. However, she tends to be less effective when deprived of cover and a favorable vantage point.

Unlike the rest of her team, she is not shown entering into close combat with opponents.

Trivia

On the AfterBuzz TV for RWBY Volume 3 Episodes 1 & 2 Review, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross stated that her name was Zedong. Miles said, "She's a purple mushroom I think", suggesting a color allusion for her name.[3]

Miles and Kerry also stated that her name is not related to the Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong, and the similarity in names was purely coincidental.[4]